offbeatdave wrote:It's nothing to do with PnP specifically, just that if your internal memory is a little prone to issues then ANY rebooting could result in it failing to boot up again. If you are installing PnP on the original o2 OS then there are more reboots. If you are installing it on the OpenPeak OS then there is one reboot at the end of the install process.
Apologies offbeatdave, I wasnt trying to suggest PnP itself was the cause, but re-reading my post I can see how that might come across.
With the above in mind (not suggesting PnP is causing problems), I have tried a few things and have the following to report.
As per my previous post, using the delete all partitions, create 1, then reflash seems to consistently put the Joggler in a position from which it will reliably boot. By reliably I mean I can turn it off and back on to my hearts content (tried it 4 times on each OS) and it will always boot.
I have tried this with both reflashing tools (Roobarb Original O2 OS and OpenPeak New OS) with what appears to be the same result.
Happy with these results, I decided to try and intall PnP3 from the latest build.
Firstly I tried from the OpenPeak OS. Booted it up waited for it to settle and checked weather on the weather app. Plugged in my USB with PnP on it and executed the 2 commands from the instructions through PuTTY (telnet). As per all the other installs for friends and family, it appeared to do what I would expect, loads of text on screen installing all the stuff (perl, apps, Squeezplay etc.), however when it all finishes it just sits on the O2 logo (I left it for about 30mins).
After power cycling its back to where it was before, unable to boot past the O2 logo.
Secondly I tried it twice with the Original O2 OS.
First time I had installed the Original OS and got it booting reliably. Stuck the USB drive in and rebooted. I am assuming it did its thing as there was lots of light flashing from the USB drive, but after coming back to it about 20mins later and watching it, there was no USB activity and it was just sat at the O2 logo.
Second time (after the partition trick again), once Roobarb's reflash tool had finished and shutdown the Joggler, I put the USB drive with PnP on it in the USB port (after removing the remove_for_new_install file created from the last attempt), and powered up the joggler.
It got to the O2 logo again, lots of USB light flashing, couple of blank screens, and 20 mins later no USB activity and it's sat at the O2 logo. Went and did something for 10mins just incase and came back and it was still there.
Power cycled a couple of times and gave it plenty of time to boot, but no joy.
Since the attempts above I have done the 1 partition trick again and got it up and running reliably with the OpenPeak OS. End result is still a good one, as before I had a paper wait that would show me the O2 logo, and now I have a useable Joggler, just a shame I cant seem to get PnP on it.
As mentioned when I started this post, I dont think its a problem with PnP as such, its an Issue with this particular Joggler. I know this because I have installed PnP on 4 other happily working Joggler's with absolutely no issues. There is obviously something just a little odd about this 5th one.
Apologies for such a large post, just thought a detailed explanation might be handy for information. If anyone has any brainwaves, or are in a similar situation but have managed to get PnP on it through a different method than those I have tried, let me know and I'll be happy to give them a try.
Thanks again for all the input, without this forum this odd Joggler would still be a paperweight!
PS: Recently I installed PnP on a Joggler from a guy I work with who was unhappy about the update from O2 (debranding). He was grinning from ear to ear the next day and had nothing but praise for it
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